Jim Shead Waterways Photographer & Writer

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Jim Shead's Waterways Information

An encyclopedia of the canals and rivers of England and Wales, including historical data, provided by Jim Shead, Waterways Writer and Photographer.

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Great Haywood Marina

If you have been a moorer at Great Haywood Marina do you remember signing a contract (or berthing licence application) that consisted of one sheet of green/blue A4 paper which was signed on the front and had the terms and conditions on the back? I remember signing and returning such a form in 2007 but the marina company say there never was any such document. Please contact me by email if you remember such a form or have any information about this. See more information..

Today's Featured Waterway Photo

Crown Point Bridge Approaching the City Centre
For more information see Aire & Calder Main Line.

Featured Pages

Walking the Waterways A new feature for the thousands of people who love to walk the towpaths of our Canals and Rivers and a listing of Waterway Events of 2010 is available. If you are organising a UK canal or river event that you would like added to this list please let me know.

The Boating Listing is bigger as it now that includes Broads Authority boats, added in 2009. See the Boat Listing.

Escape from Microsoft - my experiences with Linux.

If you are a newcomer to the subject, or this web site, you may want to start with my Introduction pages. These give an introduction to this website, the UK Waterways System, its history and to inland boating on canals or rivers.

Now it's easier to buy on-line when you

Books, videos, DVDs and links to other canal shopping sites.

To buy photographs of both waterways and other subject types visit www.photo-sales.org.uk . For non-waterway travel photographs see www.jim-shead.net

I am also webmaster for the following waterways sites Railway & Canal Historical Society
IWA Peterborough Branch
The Association of Nene River Clubs

Unfair Marina Terms:
Sign the Petition on the Prime Minister's website
the petition reads "We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to refer the question of marina terms and conditions that restrict the sale of boats to the Director General of Fair Trading." click on the text to sign.
For more information see background information..

After just one week this petition went into the top 15% of Number 10 petitions but many more signatures are needed to make it a contender for action.

Quote of the day No 101

Tuesday 9 February 2010

Jubilee Year we sold out to Essy [S. E. Barlow].

The minute I woke that cold dark mornin, early in Jubilee Year, I knowed summat omendous was goin to ‘appen, one of my golden cops was missin. I lit the candle. That oop lay broken on the boiston [bolster]. It had wore right through. Strangely enough we was tied-oop zackly the same spot in Banbury Basin where I was tied-oop the night Syer first bought ‘em for me at Banbury Fair. I’d sported them oops, night and day, for better for worse, for nineteen years. Nineteen years of constant wear through all the changin weathers of life for only two-and-thrippence! No oops would ever mean the same to me again. Even though our Arryut and Appy kindly treated me to a far posher pair I always treasured they little wore-ones. kep ‘em safe, rapt in waddin, at the back of the ticket draw along with Suey’s seaside fota, her Pines address, and our marriage soostificut.

Sheila Stewart - Ramlin Rose : The Boatwomen’s Story

For more information about these daily quotations see About the Quote of the Day.

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